this is my lil mule.
if you are gonna tell me how i should have used "insert toyota motor here" save it for someone else.




it was alot of fun until this happened to the 260,000 4ag
cracked piston


scored cam journals


omg head gasket


so instead of just getting a new 4ag or even perhaps a 4agze, i got all silly and bought

sr20det blacktop

mounts:




cut the shifter hole and welded everything up






added a bomer bar to stiffen up the front


stiched a few things

painted the bay



new pump

i am incapable of having a stock cam cover so i traded the blacktop cover for a redtop one (i guess the blacktop ones are cooler or something) and started grinding









motor in for turbo kit mock up



<FONT COLOR=""lime"">MY SWEET ****!</FONT>



water pump pulley back from coating


my current mode of transport matches the heap


time for the manifold
correct placement of turbo is key


collector finished


runner #1 is done


lets take a break to look at my freshly powdercoated manifold

wrinkly



ok back to manifold





all weldededededed up with the wastegate port




manifold with turbo (gt28rs)

and some pics with the wasgate on. i need to get some 1.5 tubing to make the external wastegate dumper


from underneath


i cut out the core support, it was tough to do mentally. now there is no going back


then i cut out some little end caps and aaron welded them on. this step isn't done, we are gonna put a back plate on as well because this is where we are gonna mount the intercooler.
raw

welding


plate

the only thing that sucks about this, is that i am going to need more painting done.

then i fabbed up a lil dump tube and welded a lil bit of it then handed it over to aaron to make sure it didn't end up looking like crap



3 inch downpipe






i also fabbed up a little heat shield for the master


i got my stance oil filter relocation block. it's a nice piece, except for the hardware they provide, c'mon guys you could have put washers and lock washers in there. so i used my own hardware because once i added the washer and lock washer the hardware was too short




haven't had alot of time to work on this lately. too much paying work, that's kind of a good thing tho.
got the lower radiator supports done tho.
time to start mocking up the intercooler so we can mate them together




the reason i am not doing hardly any of the welding:
my tig welds:

aarons tig welds:


granted he's been doing it for ten years and i have never really done it at all, but i am starting to learn a bit more. i figure i might do some more of the welding that won't be seen on the car, like the bottom of my throttle cable bracket (pictured). i'll have him weld the top so it looks pretty.

bought a battery
odyssey 925, its bigger than the normal odyssey, but i may want to run a small stereo.


finally got all my fuel line material from the baller of bolts
i like the silver/black.


somehow i forgot to take a pic of the fpr all finished, oh well.

the only internal improvements i made are a set of tomei rocker arm stoppers, they were very easy to install.
jdm yo

the players

in thier new home



sealed up the top end with all ne gaskets, gromets and punk rock nuts


what is this pile of parts for?


baby shoes!


or... just intercooler end tanks.
here they are welded up being and test fitting for placement



the beginning of the cold side pipe


welded on and mocked in place with an ugly blue silicone


hot side pipe done


time to figure out the bov, not much room with the short pipes but it fits snugly on the cold side


here it is hiding underneath. the red is just for mock up, i'll be buying a black one.


finally, some bracketry to hold the intercooler in place.
start with some home made bosses welded to the radiator core plates



here is the top sode of the bracket


and how it looks from underneath.

 

i like it because when you look at it from the front, it looks like the intercooler is not supported
here are some "done" pics. i still need to make all the shrouding for it tho.




bought some recaros for my pleasure


and because i can't stop myself from wasting money on stupid ****, i bought a personal steering wheel... it has GREEN stitching!




and lastly started making some beauty plates to cover my butchered trans tunnel




this is the intake i will use to get the car started and driving, i plan on switching to a map based engine management system as quickly as possible, so i just needed a temporary intake that uses the maf.
the final intake will pretty much look the same tho.

here it is


installed




got crafty with some cardboard, cut out some simple shapes. then i bought an extremely expensive piece of aluminum and cut out the same shapes


taped the shapes together in a pleasant way


then aaron welded them up for me





ducks, man... ducks

lower radiator pipe is done, just need t-bolts




for some reason i like brackets, they are boring to look at, but they are so very critical and usually a bit of design and thought goes into their creation.
here is the bottom bracket after I got done welding it... my skills are slowly improving... slowly

here it is bolted to the bomber bar

with the duct attached

upper bracket


and here are som pics of the car all put together with the ducting and the mock up hood. the only part missing is the lil' grill that goes between the hood and bumper




swirlpot. not being able to weld aluminum, i decided to use tape.



then i mocked up the breather/water fill and had the wu-tang clan weld it all up and make it all nice.



swirly pot all done


i decided to do the upper radiator lines in -16...
the fittings are huuuge.



all the crap in its place... just need brackets.
boosh.


upper water neck modded as well as the upper radiator water neck



finished swirl and breather pot, all they need now is to go out for anodizing (black)











sorry for the horrible pic... i was on heroin.

and as a bonus, my parts are finally back from the anodizer.
black is the new black... my car is gonna be soooo photo unfriendly.



i couldn't see using stock hardware to attach all the new parts, so i got these.

i'll use these to re-attach the headlights and for the fenders as well. they may not be all that "baller", but they are cost effective

bov


gold finger.
(this is what happens when my schedule gets messed up and i find myself inventing new things to do to the heap.


decided to mount my toycoolrolla lip... not too bad. makes me want side skirts.









like 16 boners.

got all my lines (except for the pro-gold lines and fittings) from hampton last night


i made my water lines for the turbo.





i also picked up some titanium bolts for the injector caps on the fuel rail. he only had silver, so i decided to give heat a try.
first try

2nd

the rest





i went out and bought normal braided line and made an oil return.
but first aaron had to weld a -10 fitting to the block


here is the finished oil line

its a funny angle, the line is on a continous downward slope
yay.

took everything back apart and stowed it neatly away til i get back from detroit

 

intercooler duck has finally returned from the powder-coater. it's very smart looking.


today while i was in the process of my weekly redbull theft from the snap on tool guy i looked up and saw a very nice green screwdriver. i need another screwdriver about as much as i need another car. so i bought it anyway and promptly mutilated it. i know this isn't anything original, but it just looks sooo much better than black giant **** i was planning on using.


art shot


here is how it currently sits, no mock up everything that is in the car at this point is meant to stay there.

 

hah

 

so i threw this hood i had laying around on so i could wash the car without fouling up the engine bay...

i was planning on going hoodless until my dmax hood shows up in october, but i may throw some hood pins on and keep this one on until the new hood arrives... it's kinda growing on me.
it may be a little too rotted hood trendy tho.
temporary hood status




yay checker hood pin =(<br /><br />

 

Very nice

 

Def deserves a few of these badboys

 

x2

 

damnn all that fab work makes me horny

 

Very nice fab work! I love your style and attention to detail.

 

wow very nice build. my only complaint is that it's a coupe

 

I ****ing hate people like this. I'm a wallet racer - my skills revolve around skydiving, martial arts, women, and being an awesome musician. When it comes to cars I'm a wallet-racer - LOL. I have awesome ideas that I give OTHER people to bring to life. Give me a welder and I'll give you a fire - LOL.

DIAF....


so I can drive the car.

 

wow awesome build

 

Nice!!

 

i have no idea what this means

 

wow it looks great so far

 

^^^^

op is built not bought

that guy is bought not built

 

This fab is gorgeous.. If this was a hatch this build would be epic...

 

hard work pays off!

 

awesome work

 

damn your car is hella sick bro.

 

done how you like it. I wouldnt have it any other way

 

explain how you heat-treated those bolts. i kinda like that

 

Thats some seriously nice Fab work dude, one question though..... I see you have heat shielded about 80% of the brake booster ***'y, why have you not shielded the plastic tank that holds the fluid itself??

(I'm sure there's a really good reason for it, just I was wondering if the heat generated might melt the plastic??)

 

the heat treated bolts are titanium, you just polish them the use a torch to burn them, it's a finesse thing. i get the titanium hardware from ryan hampton at ballerbolts.com. you can also get the the hardware pre-burnt from him.

i just haven't made one yet, the car has only been running for 1 or 2 days... sooo there really isn't a good reason. but it will happen soon